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If there's any group of young people who deserve student loan forgiveness, it's those young people who've made a career out of doing good.
It's an easy call, in our view, to cancel burdensome student debt held by teachers, doctors, nurses, nonprofit employees and others who chose a career in public service, most often forgoing a big paycheck in the process.
Both Democrats and a Republican representing Will County in Congress supported legislation to expand background checks on all gun sales.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed two bills last Thursday to require a background check for every gun sale or transfer and to close a "loophole" which allows for the sale of a firearm if a background check is not completed within three business day, according to a news release.
Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, called the changes "commonsense" and cited gun violence near his district as an example of what the bill aim to prevent.
Democratic members of Congress representing the Will County area backed a sweeping bill meant to enhance voting rights.
The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives last week approved H.R. 1, the For the People Act, which proponents argued would address corruption and practices that hinder the right to vote.
Democratic members of Congress representing the Will County area backed a bill aiming to provide protections for LGBTQ individuals.
The House of Representatives passed the Equality Act, which would explicitly ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing, education and other aspects of daily life.
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on Feb. 25 led his colleagues in again launching the bipartisan Entrepreneurship Caucus and introduced a bill to analyze the underlying economic causes of America's startup slump.
Economic research shows that the rate of startup launches in the United States has fallen to a nearly 40-year low in all 50 states, in 360 metropolitan areas, and across a broad range of industries, according to Rep. Hill's office.
U.S. Rep. Bill Foster reintroduced legislation last week aimed at increasing transparency on corporate political spending by public companies for their investors and the public.
Foster's Shareholder Political Transparency Act would amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require public companies to make quarterly spending disclosures to their shareholders, according to a news release.
Congress, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, has tasked agencies with distributing hundreds of billions of dollars in emergency relief.
But along the way, agencies have run into challenges verifying the identity of benefit recipients, and fraudsters have exploited gaps in this process, using stolen personal information to obtain pandemic relief.
DuPAGE COUNTY, Ill. – The DuPage County COVID-19 community vaccination clinic is expanding and relocating to the DuPage County Fairgrounds starting Wednesday.
Representatives Sean Casten, Bill Foster and Lauren Underwood attended Tuesday's announcement.
"Congress needs to act swiftly and boldly," said Rep. Underwood (IL-14). "The next relief bill must secure significant funding to accelerate vaccine administration."
This week, Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) reintroduced a bill to designate the U.S. Post Office facility located at 303 E. Mississippi Ave. in Elwood, Illinois, as the Lawrence M. "Larry" Walsh Sr. Post Office Building.
Larry Walsh Sr. passed away last June at the age of 72 after a courageous battle with prostate cancer. Walsh Sr. spent decades serving the Will County community in public office, including as an Illinois state senator and as Will County Executive – an office he held from 2004 until his death.
Last-minute changes to proposed federal standards for new voting machines could expose the equipment to cyber-attacks, according to some members of Congress and security professionals.